Some writers are curiously unmusical. I don't get it. I don't get them. For me, music is essential. I always have music on when I'm doing well. Writing and music are two different mediums, but musical phrases can give you sentences that you didn't think you ever had.
“Most other competitions are individual achievements, but the Olympic Games is something that belongs to everybody.”
“The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also.”